Today I was a bit surprised how negatively money making opportunities are recognized in the US and in the rest of the world as well.
Last few months didn’t work out well for me – I had some nasty health problems, so I’m starting out again, pretty much. So, today I decided to try out something new. Got sick of promoting weight loss pills. 
About a month before getting “sick” I got invited to join a new affiliate program with rather different products. It consists mainly of make money online guides. Some other are PPC statistics and so on..
I picked out one of them – EasyCashBlogging.com. To cut a long story short I prepared my affiliate link and went on to promote it at StumbleUpon.
As we all know “blogging”, “make money online” and similiar keywords have been quite the hit in the past years. It was no surprise to get 80 hits in the first 5 minutes.
However I forgot to take one simple fact into account.
Online money making opportunities have their downsides – spam sites, scams and phishing. And that is why the first review that my stumble received, surprised me a bit.
- vGrumbles rated 3 minutes ago “scam”
- I don’t know if it’s satire or what, but the site design is enough to push me away, let alone the BS subject matter.
source: my stumble
“the design is enough to push me away”? Since when a good proposition is made out by design?
And where is the BS (bullshit) exactly?
On the page of a 20 dollar guide to blogs there is nothing but,
- money back guarantee;
- few tips to get you started.
But let’s not get on with it, since there are purely weird people in the US. Especially on the internet.
The question is – IS IT A SCAM?
I have not ordered the book, so I’m not a client.
But as an affiliate I can give you some details on how exactly affiliate networks work.
Here are some of the things to take in mind, before marking a sales page as scam.
- Before connecting to the network, the product site/company works out an agreement with the network,
- There is a product manager appointed for this product at the network,
- Some of the commissions deposited to affiliate accounts are taken back because of the money back guarantee;
Why return money of it was a scam? - If the affiliate network becomes affiliated with scam companies they will simply turn against themselfes all of their affiliates; As you might figure this is bad for business.
As a conclusion I can say you could even rate such sites by the affiliate network they are related to.
This site isn’t a scam for sure.
p.s. However, be watchful and check thoroughly such products before purchasing them.